Packaging

Packaging insert extends avocado shelf life

Mission Produce avocados stay fresh about three days longer with Avolast technology

long-lasting avocados — Mission Produce shows how much longer an avocado lasts after cold storage with an ethylene blocker tucked into packaging.
*Graphic courtesy of Mission Produce*

A new quarter-sized packaging insert is keeping Mission Produce Inc. avocados fresh longer.

The company partnered with Hazel Technologies on the biodegradable and food-safe AvoLast insert, which temporarily blocks an avocado’s ethylene receptors and slows ripening.

Testing showed extended shelf life of about three days, meaning less throwaways for retailers and a longer window for consumers to enjoy a just-right avocado, important with people making fewer grocery trips during the pandemic.

Incorporating the inserts into Mission’s global supply chain was easy because the drop-in solution minimizes operational impact, the companies say.

This article was originally posted on www.foodengineeringmag.com.

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Rose Shilling helps ensure Food Engineering Magazine is ready to print each month as managing editor. She writes feature stories on a variety of topics and tracks the food packaging industry. A journalist with an editing background at news services and newspapers, she also has driven editorial projects in health care and higher education.